Pocket-portfolio



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POCKET PORTFOLIO.

APPLlCATlON FILED NOV-23, 1 914.

1,195,457. Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

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@FFIQFL FREDERICK B. GEE, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

POCKET-PORTFOLIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, .1916.

Application filed November 23, 1914. Serial No. 873,655.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FnnnnRIoK B. GEE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Oakland and county of Alameda, State of California, (whose post-ofiice address is 5454-. Manilla avenue), have invented new and useful Improvements in Pocket- Portfolios, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to pocket folders for the security and protection of documents and valuable papers.

Among the objects of the invention are to provide a simple, neat, durable, secure and inexpensive binding for the preservation of documents that are required to be frequently handled.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the description progresses.

In the drawing accompanying and forming part of the present specification, to which like reference characters have been applied, a simple form of putting this invention into practice is shown.

I do not wish to be understood as confining this invention to the disclosures made in said drawing and description, as many variations may be introduced, within the spirit of this invention, as defined in the claims succeeding the said description.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view looking toward the edge of a partially unfolded pocket portfolio, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an end view in perspective of the same, in the folded position. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same completely unfolded and viewed from the face or opened side.

In detail the construction illustrated in the drawings includes the backing 1 of any desirable material, preferably heavy tough ta g-board or paper stocks particularly adapted to this use, and now a staple article of manufacture. Spaced downward from the upper edge 2 of this backing, the hinge strip 3 is secured by the paper fasteners 4:, clenched through the thickness ofthe back and the hinge strip. The hinge strip is of the same material preferably, as the backing and consists of a narrow strip folded back upon itself to form the hinge 5. The opposite fold of the hinge is secured by the paper fasteners 6, to the upper end strip of the inclosing frame or passepartout. While I have described the hinge as secured to the backing and the passepartout by paper fasteners, it is obvious that it may be sewed, pasted, or otherwise secured thereto. The hinge strip may be eliminated and the passe partout attached directly to the backing, if it is desired to cheapen the construction, with a slight sacrifice of quality and convenience in the article.

The passepartout comprises the end strips 7 and 8 and the side strips 9 and 10, consisting of strips of material similar to the backing described, folded back upon themselves to form a U-shaped strip. These four strips have their rear portions overlapped at the ends and secured by the fasteners 11, or in any desirable manner. The upper or face portions of these strips are mitered at the corners as at 1212, to form a flush joint with each other at the four corners. These ends and sides form a rectangular U-shaped flexible frame attached to the backing as described; thus assembled the backing and the superimposed passepartout is scored or folded at the points 18, 14: and 15 whereby the whole assemblage is folded upon itself as illustrated in Fig. 2. The flap 16 formed by folding one end of the backing 1 overlays the double fold to form a wallet-like portfolio adapted for pocket use.

This invention was particularly designed to meet a demand for some means of pre serving the discharge papers of soldiers, pension papers, legal documents and the like that require frequent presentation and are therefore subject to unusual wear, fading of the ink thereon due to frequent exposure, and other destructive wear and tear.

The use of the invention is practised as follows: The portfolio is opened as illustrated in Fig. 3, and the upper flaps of the strips 7, 8, 9 and 10 are folded back to the openposition as illustrated in Fig. 3, see end strip 8; the document to be preserved is then placed within this frame and the flaps folded back over its four edges, securely framing it within the passepartout. For the further protection of the contents of the portfolio, two sheets of water-proof wax paper 17 and 18 are inserted within the passepartout, on the opposite sides of the documents, the text of which is visible through these transparent protective sheets -17 and 18; thus securely bound the docu ment folds up within the portfolio in a convenient condition to be filed away, or carried in the'pocket. The outside of the portfolio backing is adapted to receive printed matter or Written data or any reference matter relating to the contents. More expensive forms of the invention may be fabricated in leather, leatherette or other materials for greater durability or ornamentation.

Having thus described this invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters latent is:

1. A portfolio including a flexible backing, and a flexible open frame having U shaped sides, attached to and foldable Within said backing.

2. A portfolio including a flexible backing; a flexible open frame foldable Within said backing and comprising U shaped strips joined at their ends; and a transparent flexible sheet of material secured Within said frame.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of October 1914.

FREDERICK B. GEE.

Vitnesses:

L. F. STODDARD,

B. VALE.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

